CVE-2024-49784 IBM OpenPages with Watson information disclosure

Medium 5.3 Published 8 Jul 2025 Updated 24 Aug 2025

Authenticated attackers can potentially decrypt stored data due to weak AES-CBC encryption implementation in IBM OpenPages with Watson.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-49784?

CVE-2024-49784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM OpenPages with Watson, published on 8 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0

could provide weaker than expected security in storage of encrypted data with AES encryption and CBC mode. If an authenticated remote attacker with access to the database or a local attacker with access to server files could extract the encrypted data values they could exploit this weaker algorithm to use additional cryptographic methods to possibly extract the encrypted data.

Weakness: CWE-327

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49784?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Openpages With Watson.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49784?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49784 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-49784 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p8r8-86rr-6mrf.